U.S. Release Date: 2020-08-28
MPAA Rating: "PG"
Genre: Drama/Comedy
Director: Armondo Iannucci
Cast: Dev Patel, Tilda Swinton, Hugh Laurie, Peter Capaldi, Morfydd Clark, Rosalind Eleazar, Ben Whishaw, Benedict Wong, Darren Boyd, Gwendoline Christie
By taking a different road, Iannucci has provided something that captures the essence of "David Copperfield" without being constrained by every detail.
U.S. Release Date: 2020-08-14
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity, Drugs)
Genre: Action/Thriller
Director: Henry Joost, Ariel Schulman
Cast: Jamie Foxx, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Dominique Fishback, Rodrigo Santoro, Courtney B. Vance, Amy Landecker
This movie is passable popcorn entertainment – a two-hour distraction that won’t stand the test of time but was never intended to.
U.S. Release Date: 2020-07-10
MPAA Rating: "R" (Sexual Content, Profanity, Drugs)
Genre: Fantasy/Romance/Comedy
Director: Max Barbakow
Cast: Andy Samberg, Cristin Milioti, J.K. Simmons, Peter Gallagher, Meredith Hagner, Camila Mendes, Tyler Hoechlin, Jacqueline Obradors
A delightfully romantic flight-of-fancy that proves there’s room for more than one flavor of the "Groundhog" Day premise.
U.S. Release Date: 2019-10-11
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity, Sexual Content)
Genre: Thriller
Director: Joon-ho Bong
Cast: Kang-ho Song, Yeo-jeong Jo, So-dam Park, Woo-sik Choi, Sun-kyun Lee, Jung Ziso, Jeong-eun Lee, Hyae Jin Chang
Just as many of the director’s previous efforts have defied pigeonholing, "Parasite" delights in ping-ponging from one genre to another, defying expectations along the way.
U.S. Release Date: 1973-06-27
MPAA Rating: "NR"
Genre: Comedy
Director: Jacques Tati
Cast: Jacques Tati, Barbara Dennek
With no real plot and little in the way of character definition, "Playtime" exists as a two-hour exploration of Tati’s thesis about the dehumanizing implications of modern society.
U.S. Release Date: 2019-06-12
MPAA Rating: "NR" (Profanity, Sexual Content)
Genre: Romance/Comedy
Director: Jeff Chan & Andrew Rhymer
Cast: Jack Quaid, Maya Erskine, Ed Begley Jr.
Comes complete with a smart script, likeable leads, and a willingness to occasionally tweak a rom-com trope or two.
U.S. Release Date: 2019-05-17
MPAA Rating: "R" (Profanity, Sexual Content)
Genre: Drama
Director: Wayne Roberts
Cast: Johnny Depp, Rosemarie DeWitt, Danny Huston, Zoey Deutch, Ron Livingston, Odessa Young
Presumably, director Wayne Roberts wants to say something profound but the message is muddled and the means by which it is presented are confused.
U.S. Release Date: 2019-05-10
MPAA Rating: "PG"
Genre: Fantasy/Adventure
Director: Rob Letterman
Cast: Ryan Reynolds, Justice Smith, Kathryn Newton, Howard Clifford, Ken Watanabe, Chris Geere
This isn’t a movie, it’s a cog in a multibillion-dollar media empire, a soulless feature-length example of product placement at its most blatant.
U.S. Release Date: 2019-04-05
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence)
Genre: Drama
Director: Mike Leigh
Cast: Rory Kinnear, Maxine Peake, Pearce Quigley, David Moorst, Karl Johnson, Neil Bell, Victor McGuire, Tim McInnerny
Although the film’s length demands patience, it is a meticulous recreation of an event that represents a history lesson as well as an effectively crafted drama.
U.S. Release Date: -
MPAA Rating: "NR" (Sexual Content, Profanity, Brief Nudity)
Genre: Drama/Thriller
Director: Ingmar Bergman
Cast: Bibi Andersson, Liv Ullmann
Critical to a wider understanding of Bergman as a person and a filmmaker and represents one of his most dissected and discussed contributions to ‘60s cinema.